Well, our little Hudson is already 10 days old! The time is already flying by. As excited as we are for Christmas we know once it is over things (time!) will slow down and it won't feel like Hudson is 'growing up' quite so fast. So far he is a WONDERFUL and pretty mild mannered little guy. The kid's are absolutely in love with him and are so sweet to him. It's a little strange to have a brunette olive skinned baby, but also really fun for me...we never thought it would happen. So far we think he looks a lot like Aiden just darker. A & E love to hold him and are happy to do just that. They don't seem to be in any hurry for him to be up and playing yet. We are definitely happy to have a little guy to snuggle with again and can honestly say that even though it's only been 10 days it really is hard to remember life not as a family of 5! Here's how we've spent his first 10 days....
Well, actually I'm going to back up to the day I went up to the stork's nest because that was also Aiden's 7th birthday! We let he and Elaina stay home from school and went to Chili's (of course) for lunch, opened presents at home and then all went up to Seoul. Aiden is so sweet and he didn't make us feel too bad about the day not totally being about him. Minus the drive up to Seoul and all of the checking into things and appointments we think it was a pretty good day...but, we promise 8 will be LOTS more fun!
Ready to dive into the loot!
That is one VERY excited 7 year old...we got him a DSI...he has been asking for one for about a year now. He thought we were getting him a transformer, so we got him good!
The fam with our BIG 7 year old...where does the time go?I ended up staying in Seoul for 4 nights and on day 5 it was time for baby Hudson to be here! I called Dad and he, MeMe and the kid's came rushing up. We all hung out in the hospital for a couple of hours and then a VERY sweet friend of ours, Christa, took Aiden and Elaina for the duration of the delivery. Poor Aiden was very nervous. He and Dad are my worriers! He called us about 3 times to check in. He didn't understand why it was taking so long and he didn't want to miss anything. It was very sweet. Christa took them to the movies and he did NOT want to go because he thought he would miss something while he was there, so Dad promised him that he would go and get him at the movies if he was there when Hudson was born and that made him a little happier.
When he was born nobody could get over all of the brown hair and his size. It was so much fun! The doc thought he was about 8 1/2 pounds and when they put him on the scale and told us he was 9 pounds 2 ounces even her jaw dropped!
Our BIG little boy!
PROUD Mommy and Daddy..we are SO in love!
Meeting his MeMe for the first time!
Here's your baby brother...he finally "popped out!"
Our first familiy pic as a 5 ship!
Proudest big brother you'll ever meet!
Sweetest big sister you'll ever meet!
MeMe with all of her grandbabies!
Daddy and his babies. Love!
He will always be taken care of and watched over!
Elaina helping give Hudson his first 'cat bath'...notice she even put a headband in like me...she's my little helper!
All warm and cozy for our first night at home in their matching jammers!
Elaina reads and reads to him. It is wonderful! Hopefully he will get her love of reading!
Aiden loves to just hold him while he's watching tv!
Our little loves on our way to the kid's Christmas party!
In a milk coma!
Dad reading the letter Santa Claus sent from the North Pole...it was VERY exciting!
Aiden and Hudson have matching shirts that say Dad's Rockstars...Aiden was very excited to show them off to Daddy!
Momma and her sweet boy's!!
What a way to start and end a week...birthdays on both ends!
